Sir Mix-A-Lot may forever be linked to 1992 mega-hit “Baby Got Back,” but you’d be off-base in labeling him a one-hit wonder. One of hip hop’s ultimate DIY practitioners, he was a platinum-selling artist long before “Baby Got Back” introduced suburbanites everywhere to the glories of the big, bad booty. He founded his own record label, produced his own tracks, created a Seattle hip-hop scene from scratch and was among the first hip-hop acts to collaborate in the rock genre. These days, he is working on a new album due out next year and generally surveying a scene hugely influenced by the music he created two decades ago. Sir Mix will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all this week. Read our Q&A with him.
Sir Mix-A-Lot: It is obvious a child needs both parents, but it seems the press spends too much time (when it comes this issue) picking the worst examples of children from single-parent households, then they blame the lack of a father for all of the kids’ actions. I agree a father is extremely important (especially when it comes to a boy) in a full and rounded development of a child. But we need to give more of these hard-working single mothers credit for being mothers, fathers and providers. Talk more about the success stories of children from single-parent households and put these deadbeat dads in perspective. Absentee fathers should no longer be studied and analyzed. They should be called for what they are: garbage. How can a man who has been given the gift of a child—a walking, talking mini-version of himself—merely walk away and leave the mother alone to raise their child? Even if you don’t get along with mom, your kid needs you. You fucking bitch.
